Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’
NZ employment update: First fall in three years
Yesterday the most recent quarterly update for employment in New Zealand was released (Statistics New Zealand publishes labour market data quarterly, whereas the Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes the equivalent data monthly). The result was the first backward step in the New Zealand labour market in three years. Category Sept 2015 (000s) …
Read MoreAustralia confirmed as New Zealand’s poor jobs cousin
Earlier this year I wrote about New Zealand’s improved economic performance and how it was putting Australia in the shade. The official data released since that blog only further highlights the strengthening of New Zealand’s position. Consider the following comparative data: Area New Zealand Australia* June 2014 total employment 2.328 million (+3.8%) 11.578 million (-0.7%) June…
Read MoreThe unemployed: Sending 29 million job applications your way
Could there be a worse time to be unemployed in Australia? The plethora of statistics and policies released in the past month would suggest not. Earlier this week the Australian LNP Federal Government, through the Assistant Employment Minister, Luke Hartsuyker announced their new proposed AUD$5.1 billion jobs placement program and expansion of the…
Read MoreNew Zealand’s economy leaves Australia in its wake
While Australia bemoans a massive Budget deficit and deep cuts to many areas of science, welfare and education, our cousins across the Tasman are finding things are much rosier. Courtesy of information from Statistics New Zealand and Deloitte Access Economics, here’s a summary of the current New Zealand economy: Economic growth prospects are suddenly looking…
Read MoreHow post-school education helps your work prospects and earnings
Four week ago I wrote about the recent release of Australian Jobs 2013. As mentioned it’s the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ most recent edition of their comprehensive annual Australian labour market update. In that blog I highlighted a range of statistics about employment relevant to recruiters. Today I highlight one…
Read MoreLooking Good: Global employment growth in the next decade
Macquarie Bank Private Wealth division recently released a report Forward Thinking: Global job growth for the next decade which is a fascinating piece of research on job growth around the world. Below is my edited summary of the most relevant aspects of the 21 page report. The three most significant historical points…
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